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Why some women quit their coveted tenure-track jobs

By PIPER FOGG

Conway, Ark.

After Karen Gaul returned from maternity leave, she set up a playpen in the office next to hers at Hendrix College. Students baby-sat while the assistant professor of anthropology taught classes and did her research. She learned to work quickly and efficiently between changing diapers and breast-feeding. She...

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